Today is Wednesday, July 22, the 203rd day of 2009. There are 162 days left in the year.
1775 _ George Washington takes command of the troops
1898 _ Belgica crew see first sunrise in 1600 hours ― first to endure Antarctic winter
1918 _ Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park
1923 _ Walter Johnson becomes the first to strikeout 3,000
1939 _ First black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC)
1963 _ Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson to retain heavyweight championship
1967 _ Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour
1972 _ Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus
1983 _ Poland's P.M. Jaruzelski lifts martial law
1983 _ Dick Smith makes first solo helicopter flight around the world